Curtain-pole attachment.



IATENTED 00w. 22,1907.

w. J. ADE-HEART. CURTAIN POLE ATTACHMENT.

APP LIUATION FILED JAN. 14, 1907;

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

PATENTED OCT; 22, 190?.

W. J. ADENHART. CURTAIN POLE ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 14, 1907.

2 SHBETSSHBET 2.

'awvawtoz T B Yn A Q. 4% Q Owfw WILLIAM J. ADENHART, OF PERCY, PENNSYLVANIA.

CURTAIN-POLE ATTACHMEN '1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 22, 1907.

Application filed January 14,1907. Serial No. 352,218.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM J. ADENHART, a citizen oi the United States, residing at Percy, in the county of Fayette, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Curtain-Pole Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

The present invention relates to improvements in curtain pole attachments, and it aims to provide a single device which will serve both as a holder for a curtain pole and as a support to which a roller shade may be attached.

A further object of the invention consists in the provision of a support, as above described, in which the sleeves in which the roller trunnions are journaled are adjustable, to allow the device to be used with shades of different sizes.

With the above and other ends in view, the invention consists in a pair of brackets, each of which is provided at its upper end with a tubular extension, in which one end of the curtain pole tits, while the lower end of each bracket is formed with a projecting stem or pin, which extends into a sleeve which carries the adjacent roller shade end, the extension and pin being disposed on opposite sides of each bracket and projecting laterally therefrom.

The invention will be readily understood from the following detailed description, and its preferred embodiment is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which like parts are designated by conesponding reference numerals in the several views.

Of the said drawings-Figure 1 is a front elevation of the complete invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. I]. Fig. i is an enlarged detail view in side elevation of one ,of the brackets. Fig. 5 is a similar front view. Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail view partly in section, of one of the shade carrying sleeves. Fig. 7 is an end view of Fig. 6. Fig. Sis an end view ofthe other sleeve.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 designates a curtain pole preferably formed of tubular metal and having its opposite ends threaded and engaged in an internally-threadedtubular extension 11 formed on the outer face of a bracket 12, and projecting laterally therefrom.

Each bracket is of approximately U-shape and is provided intermediate its ends with a transverse extension 13 having a pair of bolt holes 14 formed therethrough, the brackets being attached to the opposite sides of the window frame by bolts which are passed through the bolt holes above referred to. The lower end of each bracket is provided with a laterally-extending pin or stem 15, which projects from the inner face thereof and is threaded, as shown, to fit in a similarly threaded socket 16, formed in the adjacent end of a metal roller 17. The opposite end of one of these rollers is likewise provided with a socket 18, while the corresponding end of the other roller has a slot 19 formed therein, to permit the trunnions or projecting ends 20 of a roller shade 21 to be engaged therein.

Owing to the formation of the threads upon the bracket pins 15, and to the threaded sockets in the roller 17 it will be apparent that the rollers may be adjusted longitudinally upon the pins to permit their use in connection with shades of different lengths.

The curtain pole 10, above referred to, carries a series of grooved rollers 22, which travel along its upper face and are each provided with a depending strap 23, to the free end of which a spring clip 24 is secured. These curtain clips engage the top of the curtain in the usual manner, and, owing to the fact that their supporting rolls are movable along the pole, the curtains can be drawn to any desired position, as will be readily understood.

Although the cooperation between the threads on the bracket pins and those on the inner wall of the corresponding sleeve sockets is sufiicient to retain the sleeves in adjusted position upon the pins, each sleeve, if desired, may have an opening formed therethrough, in which a set screw 25 has movement, the inner end of each set-screw impinging against the pin.

As shown in Fig. 1, the extension and pin of each bracket are formed on opposite sides thereof and extend laterally therefrom in opposite directions, and the upper end of each bracket is disposed forwardly of the lower end so as to throw or position the curtain in front of the roller shade.

The curtain pole preferably extends at opposite ends beyond the tubular extensions of the brackets and carries the usual curtain knobs, which are removably secured thereto.

Although the curtain pole and its supporting brackets have been described as constructed of metal, it will be understood that both may be formed of wood, ferred.

What is claimed, is

1. The combination, with a curtain pole and a roller shade, of a pair of supporting brackets therefor, each bracket being provided at its upper end with a tubular extension adapted to receive the adjacent end of the pole and at its lower end with a sleeve having a socket adapted to receive the adjacent end of the shade roller, said sleeve and extension being disposed on opposite sides of each bracket.

2. The combination, with a curtain pole and a roller shade, of a pair of supporting brackets adapted to be secured to opposite sides of a window frame, each bracket being provided at its upper end with a laterally projecting tubular extension adapted to receive the adjacent end of if prethe pole, and at its lower end with a laterally projecting sleeve having a socket adapted to receive the adjacent end of the shade roller, said sleeve and extension being dis posed on opposite sides of each bracket.

3. The combination, with a curtain pole and a roller shade, of a pair of supporting brackets adapted to be secured to opposite sides of a window frame, each bracket being provided at its upper end with a laterally projecting tubular extension adapted to receive the adjacent end of the pole, and at its lower end with a laterally projecting pin, and a sleeve carried by each pin and having a socketed end adapted to receive the adjacent end of the shade roller. i. The combination, with a curtain pole and a roller shade, of a pair of supporting brackets adapted to be secured to opposite sides of a Window frame, each bracket being provided at its upper end with a laterally projecting tubular extension adapted to receive the adjacent end of the pole, and at its lower end with a laterally projecting pin, and a sleeve carried by each pin and longitudinally adjustable thereon, each sleeve having a socketed end adapted to receive the adjacent end of the shade roller.

In testimony whereof, I aflix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM J. ADENHART.

Witnesses 1). 'l. MCKINNEY, .IAs. F. ADENHART. 

